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Created by adietish on Sep 8, 2010 9:01 AM. Last modified by adietish on Oct 8, 2010 4:58 AM.

    Preface

    We maintain a Google Analytics account to track JBoss Tools usage. Google Analytics is designed to track web page usage but it might be adapted to track other applications. That's what we did for JBoss Tools and implemented an Eclipse plugin that shall help us to gather userfull informations about our users in an anonymous manner.

    How do we track users?

    When a JBoss Tools user starts its eclipse he triggers a hit to /tools/usage/action/wsstartup in our Google Analytics Account. There are other urls that are tracked (for instance /pureTest), but these are not triggered by JBoss Tools users and they're not relevant to our use case though.

     

     

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    UrlEvent
    /tools/usage/action/wsstartupA JBoss Tools user starts its Eclipse
    /pureTestTest plugin JUnit tests are run
    /tools/usage.html
    		Users browse our usage page on jboss.org http://jboss.org/tools/usage.html

    What are the user values we track?

    Google Analytics is designed to track browsers and users browsing web sites. Our Eclipse plugin emulates a browser and reports values the way a browser would. Of course using JBoss Tools in Eclipse does not match the use case of browsing web pages at 100%. It's very close to it though. There are values that are unique to our use case (to track application usage) and are not present in browsers. We map those to values to settings Google Analytics tracks for browsers and misuse their original intent.

     

    Google Analytics FieldInformation we reportValuesExample

    Content/

    Landing Page

    		What JBoss Tools version is reporting?
    • 1.0.0.v20100916-0700-H62-Beta1
    • 1.0.0.v20100918-0552-H72-Beta1
    • etc.
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    KeywordWhat are the JBoss Tools components that are installed?
    • archives
    • as
    • birt
    • bpel
    • cdi
    • deltacloud
    • drools
    • esb
    • flow
    • freemarker
    • gwt
    • hibernatetools
    • jbpm
    • jmx
    • jsf
    • jst
    • labs
    • maven
    • modeshape
    • portlet
    • profiler
    • runtime
    • seam
    • smooks
    • struts
    • tptp
    • vpe
    • workingset
    • ws
    • xulrunner

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      Visitor TypeIs it a new or a returning User?
      • New Visitor
      • Returning Visitor
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      LanguageWhat Locale is Eclipse (Java Locale) set to?
      • en-US
      • de-DE
      • fr-FR
      • etc.
      		language.png

      Locations

      (Continent, Sub-, Region, City, etc.)

      		Where is Eclipse run (geographical location)?
      • Europe (Continent)
      • Germany (Country)
      • Munich (City)
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      BrowserWhat's the Eclipse product the user is running?
      • JBoss Developer Studio
      • JEE Eclipse
      • etc.

       

      Individual Versions are tracked in Visitors (Google Analytics section)

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      browser-versions.png

      Operating SystemWhat OS is JBoss Tools running on?
      • Linux
      • Macintosh
      • Windows

       

      Individual Versions are tracked and might be queried in Visitors

       

      Unfortunately Linux versions do not get reported. You'll find this information in the User Defined Value


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      User Defined Value

      What Linux distro and Version is JBoss Tools running on

      (JBoss Tools >= Beta2)

      • Fedora13
      • Ubuntu9.04
      • etc.
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      Screen Colors

      		What is the screen color depth the user's using?
      • 32-bit
      • 24-bit
      • etc.
      		screen-colors.png
      Screen ResolutionWhat's the screen resolution the user's using?
      • 1920x1080
      • etc
      		screen-resolution.png
      Flash VersionWhat Java Version is Eclipse (and hence JBoss Tools) running on?
      • 1.6.0_20
      • 1.5.0_9
      • etc.
      		flash-version.png
      Connection SpeedWhat internet connection is he using?
      • T1
      • Cable
      • etc.
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